Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual page 320

312 CHAPTER 14
Saving and Exporting Images
5 To remove data such as paths, guides, grids,
thumbnail previews, color and printing ink
profiles, and file information (such as captions)
from the image, select Exclude Non-Image Data.
(This option may be unavailable to some formats.)
Excluding non-image data can help reduce the
image's file size.
Click Save.
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To copy an image without saving it to your
hard disk, use the Duplicate command
(see "Duplicating images" on page 172). To
store a temporary version of the image in
memory, use the History palette to create a
snapshot (see "Making a snapshot of the image"
on page 171).
Setting preferences for saving files
The Saving Files Preferences dialog box lets you
specify whether to include the following features
when saving files:
Thumbnail image previews appear in the
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Open dialog box. In Mac OS you can also save
desktop icon and low-resolution previews.
Three-character file extensions append to the
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names of files and indicate a file's format (for
example, .JPG or .jpg for a JPEG file). File exten-
sions are necessary for files that you want to use
on or transfer to a Windows system.
Composited image data refers to a flattened
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image version that is saved with a layered file.
Including flattened data adds to the file size,
but lets you open the file in applications
that do not support Photoshop layers, such as
Adobe Illustrator.
To set saving preferences in Windows:
Choose File > Preferences > Saving Files.
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For Image Previews, choose an option:
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Never Save to save files without previews.
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Always Save to save files with specified previews.
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Ask When Saving to assign previews on a file-by-
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file basis.
3 For File Extension, choose an option:
Use Upper Case to append file extensions using
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uppercase characters.
Use Lower Case to append file extensions using
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lowercase characters.
To include a flattened version of the file, select
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Include Composited Image With Layered Files.
Selecting this option makes the file available to
applications that can support only the Adobe
Photoshop 2.5 file format.
Click OK.
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To set saving preferences In Mac OS:
Choose File > Preferences > Saving Files.
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For Image Previews, choose an option:
2
Never Save to save files without previews.
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Always Save to save files with specified previews.
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Ask When Saving to assign previews on a file-by-
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file basis.
3 Select one or more of the following preview
types:
Icon to use the preview as a file icon on the
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desktop.